#8B891D#8B891D

#8B891D is a mid, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.123 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8B891D
RGB	rgb(139, 137, 29)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.4%, 79.1%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.55, -11.94, 53.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.55, 54.78, 102.59°)
OKLab	oklab(61.27% -0.0388 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(61.27% 0.123 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.8157, 23.4697, 4.6484)
Luminance	0.2347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8B891D #1D1F8B

analogous

#8B521D #8B891D #568B1D

triadic

#8B891D #1D8B89 #891D8B

tetradic

#8B891D #1D8B52 #1D1F8B #8B1D56

square

#8B891D #1D8B52 #1D1F8B #8B1D56

split-complementary

#8B891D #1D568B #521D8B

monochromatic

#262508 #585712 #8B891D #BEBB28 #D9D649

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#8B891D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#8B891D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #8B891D

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8B891D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8B891D	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#958300

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#978726

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#958075

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8b891d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(139, 137, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.123 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b0ab63',
    500: '#8b891d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8b891d;
$custom-light: #b0ab63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8b891d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 139,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.909,
    "s": 65.476,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61274,
    "c": 0.12283,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.23469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8B891D

secondary

#494BBB

accent

#42E83F

background

#FBFAF6

surface

#F6F4EB

border

#D0CEC6

text

#111006

muted

#807F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #8B891D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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